17 Distributing The Spoils (1/2)
Sure enough, Luna didn't slack off one bit. While everybody was either resting or discussing, he proceeded to setup the defenses. It was quite the mystical experience, as long as he willed it, the walls would be placed to his exact specifications. He surrounded the outermost areas of his territory with the Adamantite walls, then instead of connecting them with the a gate, he actually set up the last two walls to go inward, creating a choke point.
He would have much preferred to have it outward, but unfortunately, beyond that was not considered his <Territory> yet. Regardless, the difference wasn't too much.
Luna's plan was simple: Occupy more territory to house more survivors who were willing to be subject to his rules of constantly evolving. If a family were to come, then whoever is combat ready must work hard in the Army. Additionally, they must work extra to level their family up in their spare time.
He would eventually setup schools for kids once he recovered the schools and could provide them with enough protection. Military training would be part of the curriculum. Education, after all, could not be neglected.
The initial part of his plan was inspired by the United States of America. Almost every household in the U.S. had guns. This made it so, in the hypothetical scenario of their army losing, foreign invaders would find it night impossible to conquer the mainland, what with almost every citizen being combat ready. His plan was similar to that, but in this case, it was towards evolution.
If every citizen in his <Nation> was strong, any outside force would have to think twice if they're willing to shoulder the casualties an invasion would bring. Of course, he couldn't neglect that families would need to spend time too. Which was why he was planning on work weeks being shorter. With an unlimited source of water, he could continue to provide that for free.
As for food, he wasn't sure what the Life Tree would bring yet and in what abundance, so the evolved land animals and fish would more than suffice, assuming they were already strong enough to fight against them and come out unscathed somehow.
He was starting to plan out everything in his head as the walls and the gate he had placed down finished building. Sura and Him were making rounds around the territory this whole time, since the <System> had warned them beforehand that the installation of any structures couldn't be interrupted. Should zombies start attacking them, they would dissipate after reaching a certain threshold of damage.
While it was highly doubtful that anything around their area at the moment would be able to deal enough damage to make these Adamantite walls dissipate, it was better to be safe than sorry. Quickly after they had finished building, he placed the <Basic Automated Turrets> in strategic positions to cover the entire area.
He then spent 200,000 VIS to purchase <Intermediate Automated Turrets> and placed them on the both sides of the outer walls leading to the inner metal gate, afterwards, proceeding to place another metal outer gate.
His intention was simple. There was a zombie defensegame in the year 2017, called ”They Are Billions” that released their 4th version of the game in VR that became a huge hit, redeeming themselves after their 3rd version was riddled with in-game bugs and flopped. After playing this game, when expecting to mount a defense, having a a secondary gate or wall to trim the numbers before it went down, was crucial. This was why he decided to invest 200K VIS for two additional turrets.
These turrets didn't need ammunition in the conventional sense. The ”ammo” they fired out was formed from atmospheric energy they absorbed. After running out, they would need to recharge. The <Intermediate Automated Turrets> had a higher ammo capacity, and shorter recharge time, which ensured that when the basic ones were recharging, the intermediate ones would keep firing, and when they ran out of ammo, a few seconds later, the basic ones would have charged up completely.
Luna had calculated this in advance, after all, what he was about to do, in an outsider's eyes, would give justice to the phrase: Batshit Crazy.
After everything was set, the Luna-Sura duo went out to massacre some zombies for a bit before going back to finally rest.
Night or day, it didn't matter to these two anymore, with the nhanced Vision> passive they had no issues seeing at night, with their current high amount of VIT, they needed very little rest as well, capable of staying awake for days on end before their motor-capabilities dropped. Unfortunately, sleep was still important to keep a sharp mind, which was why they preferred to sleep daily.
The next day.
”Everyone, well done on the defense last night. As you all know, we had quite a bit of spoils. As the members that were here before we even owned a territory, I value you all highly. You fought valiantly, and you didn't run away.” Luna then looked to the children, ”I hope you all learned from that night and have been inspired to grow stronger.”
”Yes! Lord Luna, we'd like to participate this time around in the next defense.” Basilio declared, while patting his chest.
”Very well.” after saying that, Luna took out several items and placed them on the table before him.
”Those of you who built as tanks, take a <Holy Aura> passive skillbook, and a <Mace(Vit +5)> and a <War Shield>.”
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Item: <War Shield>
A light-weight, but durable shield inspired from the Igorot War Shield.
Vit + 5
Increases damage mitigation by an additional 5%
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The War Shield was initially an uncommon drop from the evolved zombies, but with the sheer amount of numbers that they killed off a stroke of good RNG* they managed to procure enough for their tanks and a few extra.
”Those of you who are more agility based, go ahead and grab a <Fleet Footed> and a <Rapid Tempo> skill book if you're willing to use your current skill points to learn them.”
Everyone besides the original group who Luna already gave the skill books to as he got them, went forward to receive them. These were dropped skill books, they cost skill points to learn and to level.
As opposed to any inherited skills, or skills naturally learned through evolution, which didn't cost skill points to learn and would grow stronger as the person leveled further. Prime example being: Sura.
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Passive Skill: <Fleet Footed>
Increases Movement speed by 10%
Increased movement speed does not consume extra stamina.
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